Body-elevating device.



E. K. DAY.

BODY ELEVATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION msn JUNE 26. 191s.

Patented June l2, 1917.

.s dal# INVENTDR ATTDRN Y EDGAR K. DAY, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO ALEXANDER BOLTON, 0F WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

BODY-ELEVATIN G DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1917.

Application filed June 26, 1916. Serial No. 105,811.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR K. DAY, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Wheeling, county of Ohio, and State of Vest Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Body- Elevating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to sick room accessories, and more specifically to an apparatus for elevating the body of a patient above the surface of a bed, as for use of a bed-pan; and it has for its primary object to provide a device, designed particularly for hospital use, whereby a patient may be readily elevated and supported in a position suited for convenient use of a bed-pan or other vessel.

A further object is to provide a device of the character mentioned adapted to rest upon a bed and upon which the patient may be placed by rolling or sliding, instead of lifting, thereby preventing undue disturbance of such patient and avoiding the raising of the patient from a recumbent posture.

A still further object is to provide a device upon which a prostrate patient may rest in a natural reclining position without the discomfort usuallyattendant upon the use of a bed-pan.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the features of construction, arrangement of parts and combinations of elements which will hereinafter be described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which` Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention with the body rest in lowered position;

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same;

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the invention with the body rest elevated;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section of an operating lever and the locking clutch; and Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5, Fig. 4:.

Referring to said drawings, in which like designating characters distinguish like parts throughout the several views` l indicates the side members and 2 an end member of a substantially rectangular frame, said members being composed of flat bars, preferably of metal. The front ends of said bars or members l are rigidly attaohed to the rear end of a flat metal plate 3 the front end of which is preferably of curved form, as shown in Fig. l.

Pivotally mounted in bearings, as 4, provided on opposite sides of the frame are the ends or terminals 5a of a plurality of transversely disposed crank-rods 5,- and mounted upon the transverse body portions of said crank-rods is a plate or body rest G which is preferably composed of sheet-metal, the same being designed to receive a patient thereof in substantially the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. As is obvious, the body-rest 6 when in its normal or lowered position closely overlies the frame, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, and is adapted to be swung by partial rotation of the crank-rods 5, to the elevated position shown in dotted lines in said ligure and in full lines in Fig. 3. For effecting the elevation of said body-rest a lever or levers 7 may be mounted upon one or more of the terminals 5a of said crank-rods, the same being designed for movement from the upright positions shown in Figs. l and 2 to the horizontal positions shown in Fig. 3 to impart a partial rotation to said crank-rods.

The plate 3 serves as a seat or rest upon which a bed-pan or other suitable receptacle may be supported when the body-rest G occupies its elevated position. Provided in said body-rest is a suitable opening 8 which is positioned to suit the position assumed by the body of the patient and to overlie the re-' ceptacle stationed under the plate 3.

y The lateral edges of the body-rest are turned downward to form curved or rolllike flanges 6a which embrace or inclose the side members or bars l of the frame when said rest is lowered. Thus, no sharp edges or projecting portions are presented at one side edge of the device which can interfere with the sliding of a patient to a position thereon. At the side at which the levers 7 are mounted notches 9 are provided in the flange 6a for the reception of the projecting ends or terminals 5a of the crank-rods.

A suitable handle 10 is preferably mounted on the flange 6u substantially midway between the ends of the device for facilitating the carrying thereof.

The lever or levers 7 are mounted in such manner that, when the device is not in use, they may be folded back to positions in parallelism with the frame. The construction which permits of such folding embodies a clutch mechanism which comprises a nut or collar 12 fixed upon each of the terminals 5a which carry said levers.

V-pressure for terlocked relation to the nutor collar 12.-. When itis desired to dispose the lever in Q f Y 1,229,240

Said collar has its outer face dentated or cross-grooved, as

shown at 13 in Figs. l and 5. Theendof the lever 7 isloosely received on said terminal against said dentated face and has a pair of alined lugs 11 formed thereon adapted to seat in one or the other of the crossto the position as-V A` wing nut-'14 is adjustgrooves 13 according sumed thereby. 'ably mounted upon threads 15 formed on theendofthe terminal, and interposed bei tween said nut and the lever is a spiral compression spring 16 the tension of which vis regulated by adjustment of said nut.

Said spring is'desigiied to exert a yielding maintaining the lever in inout of the way position when the device occupies lowered, oicollapsed, position, the

wing nut is 'loosenedrto an extent which permits the withdrawal of the lugs 11 from theA vertical groove 13, and following such withdrawal the lever is moved to a horizontal position wherein said lugs seat in the other of the cross-grooves In practice,-the device may be disposed fiat upon the bed and the patient drawn thereupon by sliding the yunderlying bed linen;

or, the patient may be preliininarily placed -on his side and the device stood substantially on its edge closeagainst the patients back, after which the device is swung back and the patient is at the saine time rolled back so that when the device has reached seating position, the patient will lie thereon.

What is claimed isto rest upon a bed, a body-rest normally disposed in close overlying relation to said member and having downturned curved flanges for embracing and shielding the edges of said member, said body-rest having a `suitably located opening therethrough, and manually operated means connected to said member and to saidbody-rest whereby the latter may be elevated and lowered with respect to the former.

2. A body-elevating Vbed accessory, comprising a member adapted to rest upon a V'bed andembodying a receptacle support, a body-rest vnormally disposed in close overlying relation to said member', said bodyrest having an opening adjacent to one end thereof located over saidsupporua plurality of transversely disposed crank-rods interposed vbetween said body restV and said member and liaving'pivotal relation to both thereof, levers for imparting a partial rotation to said rods for elevating, and lowering said body rest, and means'for adjusting theJ positions of said levers, said means including clutch elements 'and adjustable resilient means for holding said levers in engagement with said elements.

3. A body-elevating device ofthe characterdescribed, comprising'a member adapted to rest upon a bed, a body-rest normallyV disposed in close overlying relation to said l'member and having downturned `curved flanges for embracing and shielding the edges of said member, said body-rest having a suitably locatedy opening therethrough, a plurality of transversely disposed crankrods interposed between said body rest and said member andhaving pivotal relation to both thereof, levers loosely mounted upon said rods whereby the latter Vmay be partially rotated for elevating and lowering said body-rest, and clutch-like means for interlocking said levers with said rods.

In-testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

.EDGAR K. DAY. IWitnesses: A

H. E. DUNLAP, W; F. KEEFER.

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` Y Washington, D. C.

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